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as in sorcerer
a person skilled in using supernatural forces
the magician was able to summon the birds of the air and the beasts of the field with a simple spell
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as in conjurer
one who practices tricks and illusions for entertainment
the famous magician's signature trick was pulling a rabbit out of a hat
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Recent Examples of magician
On June 22, more than 400 people celebrated with magicians, a bounce house, free T-shirts, music and balloon artists.
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The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The way the number two seed twiddles with his racket with a magician’s sleight of hand is mesmerizing.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Thank you for your exceedingly gracious evocation of my magician’s silks while brandishing your own.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
The Migos rapper stopped by Complex, and magician Anna DeGuzman had Set think of his celebrity crush before narrowing it down to the woman being an artist.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 June 2025
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The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The way the number two seed twiddles with his racket with a magician’s sleight of hand is mesmerizing.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Thank you for your exceedingly gracious evocation of my magician’s silks while brandishing your own.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
The Migos rapper stopped by Complex, and magician Anna DeGuzman had Set think of his celebrity crush before narrowing it down to the woman being an artist.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magician
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Transformed into a swan by the evil sorcerer Rothbart, Odette and Siegfried's love faces an impossible battle against dark forces.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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What If Every Company Had a Chief Imagination Officer? Imagine a world where executives aren’t just spreadsheet sorcerers but story carriers.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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There’s a fact of Connecticut life that the allocation conjurers ignored.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2025
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Smoke reconnects, in one of the film’s most lusty moments (there are quite a few), with Annie (Wunmi Mosaku), an old flame who’s also a Hoodoo conjurer.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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What Happened in The Witcher Season 3 Ending? The Witcher Season 3 ends with Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer all separated after being defeated by the mage Vilgefortz.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Try, try again Speaking of classes, the eight options here tend to fall into the usual archetypes for this kind of action-adventure game: the tank, the mage, the defensive specialist, the dextrous dodger, etc.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Entertainment Weekly has learned that a new group of actors are taking over the iconic roles for Pottermore Publishing and Audible's productions of J.K. Rowling's original seven books about the young boy wizard.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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More than 600 million books about the boy wizard have been sold whilst the 11 movies about them have grossed $9.7 billion and the latest Potter videogame generated $850 million in just its first two weeks.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Disney is taking another step into the YA space with its newest series pickup. Disney+ and Disney Channel have greenlit Coven Academy, a dramedy about a group of young witches in New Orleans.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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The bright green appearance conjures images of everyone’s favorite acid-tone wicked witch.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Magician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magician. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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